What 🙱 means
It combines Latin e and t to abbreviate et, meaning “and.”
The ampersand began as a shortcut: Latin et joined to write et, “and.” Forms appear around the first century CE, but the earliest surviving example is disputed. From the eighth century, Latin manuscripts used it in abbreviations and for et. By the 15th century, printers kept it for brevity and manuscript-like beauty.
This heavy design came from Wingdings, a symbol font. Its shape varies by font; without support, it may appear blank.
Decorative lettering; the ampersand becomes part of the design.
If it appears blank, the font may not support it.
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Don't confuse it with
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2Questions people ask
1Why does 🙱 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 🙱
- Search it as
- ampersand · decorative ampersand · script ampersand · et ligature
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
🙱\1F671Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.